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Encephalopathy is a term that means brain disease, damage, or malfunction.=== * Encephalopathy is a broad term used to describe abnormal brain function or brain structure. (Encephalo= brain + pathy= disorder). The abnormality may be transient, recurrent, or permanent. The loss of brain function may be reversible, static and stable, or progressive with increasing loss of brain activity over time...
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Sometimes referred to as alcoholic encephalopathy, alcohol induced encephalopathy, alcohol related encephalopathy (AJR), alcohol related brain damage, or "wet brain" is a neurological disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. Wernicke encephalopathy (a type of delirium) being characterized by an acute/subacute confusional state and o...
Portal hypertension is an increase in the pressure within the portal vein, which carries blood from the digestive organs (stomach, intestine, spleen, & pancreas) to the liver. The increase in pressure is caused by a blockage in the blood flow through the liver. Increased pressure in the portal vein causes large veins (varices) to develop across the esophagus and stomach to get around the block...